diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigrateBuildOptionsRule.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigrateBuildOptionsRule.cs
index b4e3510a1..d0160a223 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigrateBuildOptionsRule.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigrateBuildOptionsRule.cs
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
         private Func<CommonCompilerOptions, string, IEnumerable<ProjectItemElement>> CopyToOutputFilesTransformExecute =>
             (compilerOptions, projectDirectory) =>
                     CopyToOutputFilesTransform.Transform(GetCopyToOutputIncludeContext(compilerOptions, projectDirectory));
+
+        private readonly string[] DefaultEmptyExcludeOption = new string[0];
         
         private readonly ProjectPropertyGroupElement _configurationPropertyGroup;
         private readonly ProjectItemGroupElement _configurationItemGroup;
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
                     "compile",
                     new JObject(),
                     ProjectFilesCollection.DefaultCompileBuiltInPatterns,
-                    ProjectFilesCollection.DefaultBuiltInExcludePatterns);
+                    DefaultEmptyExcludeOption);
         }
 
         private IncludeContext GetEmbedIncludeContext(CommonCompilerOptions compilerOptions, string projectDirectory)
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
                     "embed",
                     new JObject(),
                     ProjectFilesCollection.DefaultResourcesBuiltInPatterns,
-                    ProjectFilesCollection.DefaultBuiltInExcludePatterns);
+                    DefaultEmptyExcludeOption);
         }
 
         private IncludeContext GetCopyToOutputIncludeContext(CommonCompilerOptions compilerOptions, string projectDirectory)
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateBuildOptions.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateBuildOptions.cs
index 122231849..0e9fffe6f 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateBuildOptions.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateBuildOptions.cs
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests
 
             mockProj.Items.Count().Should().Be(2);
             mockProj.Items.First(i => i.ItemType == "Compile").Include.Should().Be(@"**\*.cs");
-            mockProj.Items.First(i => i.ItemType == "Compile").Exclude.Should().Be(@"bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**");
+            mockProj.Items.First(i => i.ItemType == "Compile").Exclude.Should().BeEmpty();
             mockProj.Items.First(i => i.ItemType == "EmbeddedResource").Include.Should().Be(@"compiler\resources\**\*;**\*.resx");
-            mockProj.Items.First(i => i.ItemType == "EmbeddedResource").Exclude.Should().Be(@"bin\**;obj\**;**\*.xproj;packages\**");
+            mockProj.Items.First(i => i.ItemType == "EmbeddedResource").Exclude.Should().BeEmpty();
         }
 
         [Fact]